Biography: Professor Eckstein is a recognized expert
in US and international water law and policy and has significant experience
in US and international environmental law and policy. He has lectured in
numerous law and science conferences around the world, and served as an
expert advisor and consultant on US and international environmental and
water issues to various organizations, including the United Nations, US
Agency for International Development, World Commission on Dams, Organization
of American States, International Association of Hydrogeologists, and various
local water entities in the United States.

Over the past few years, Professor Eckstein served as a neutral advisor,
under the auspices of the Geneva Initiative, in Track II negotiations between
Israelis and Palestinians on transboundary freshwater resources in the
Middle East. He also served on an experts group advising the U.N. Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization and the U.N. International Law Commission
in the UN's effort to develop a new global agreement for transboundary
ground water resources. In addition, Professor Eckstein directs the Internet-based
International Water Law Project, an Internet-based resource for treaties,
documents, articles, news, and other resources on international water law
and policy issues.

At Texas Tech University, Professor Eckstein directs the university's
Center for Water Law & Policy, which is currently involved in research
effort investigating pharmaceuticals and other micro-pollutants in our
nation's drinking water. He regularly teaches courses and seminars on US
and international water law, US and international environmental law, US
property law, law and science, and related topics.

Prior to joining academia, Professor Eckstein served as Senior Counsel
for CropLife America, an agrichemical trade association, advising on matters
of U.S. and international regulatory and environmental law and compliance
issues related to agricultural chemicals and biotechnology, air and water
pollution, endangered species, and intellectual property. Prior to that,
he worked as a litigator in private practice on environmental, toxic tort,
and asbestos cases.